Jerusalem Talmud Peah 8.7

משנה: מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מָאתַיִם זוּז לֹא יִטּוֹל לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵיאָה וּמַעֲשֵׂר עָנִי. הָיוּ לוֹ מָאתַיִם חָסֶר דֵּינָר אֲפִילוּ אֶלֶף נוֹתְנִים לוֹ כְּאַחַת הֲרֵי זֶה יִטּוֹל. הָיוּ מְמוּשְׁכָּנִין בִּכְתוּבַת אִשְתּוֹ אוֹ לְבַעַל חוֹבוֹ הֲרֵי זֶה יִטּוֹל. אֵין מְחַיְיבִין אוֹתוֹ לִמְכּוֹר אֶת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת כְּלֵי תַשְׁמִישָׁיו.

MISHNAH: He who owns 200 zuz should not take gleanings, forgotten sheaves, peah, and tithes of the poor. If he had 199, even if a thousand people gave him at the same time, he should take. If they were mortgaged for his wife’s ketubah or for a creditor, he may take. One does not require him to sell his house or the vessels of daily use.

הלכה: חַד תַּלְמִיד מִן דְּרִבִּי הָיוּ לוֹ מָאתַיִם חָסֵר דֵּינַר וַהֲוָה רִבִּי יְלֵיף זְכִי עִימֵּיהּ חָדָא לִתְלַת שְׁנֵי מַעֲשֵׂר מִסְכֵּינִין. עַבְדּוּן בֵּיהּ תַּלְמִידוֹי עֵינָא בִישָׁא וּמָלוּן לֵיהּ. אֲתַא בְּעָא מַזְכֵּי עִימֵּיהּ אֲמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי אִית לִי שֵׁיעוּרָא. אָמַר זֶה מַכַּת פְּרוּשִׁים נָגְעוּ בוֹ. רְמַז לְתַלְמִידוֹי וְאַעֲלוּנֵיהּ לְקַפֵּילִין וְחַסְרוּנֵיהּ חַד קִרַט וּזְכָה עִימֵּיהּ הֵיךְ מַה דַהֲוָה יְלִיף.

HALAKHAH: A student of Rebbi had 199 denar; Rebbi used to let him receive the tithe of the poor once every three years. His students cast an evil eye on him and completed for him. The next time, when he wanted to let him receive, he said: My teacher, I have the measure. He said, this one was hit by a beast of prey. He gave a hint to his student who took him to a store, made him spend a carat, then he (Rebbi) let him receive as he was used to do.

מִשְפַּחַת אנטבילא הָיְתָה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וְהָיְיתָה מִתְיַיחֶסֶת שֶׁל אָרְנָן הַיְּבוּסִי. פַּעַם אַחַת פָּסְקוּ לָהֶן חֲכָמִים שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת כִּיכְּרֵי זָהָב שֶׁלֹּא לְהוֹצִיאָן חוּץ לִירוּשְׁלִַם דַּהֲווֹן דָּרְשִׁין בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ לְרַבּוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם.

A family from Nevallat in Jerusalem traced its descent from Oman the Yebusite. Once the Sages alotted them six hundred talents of gold to avoid causing them to leave Jerusalem, since they interpreted “in your gates, in your gates,” to include Jerusalem.

וְהָתַנִּי מַעֲשֶׂה בְּהִלֵּל הַזָּקֵן שֶׁלָּקַח לְעָנִי בֶּן טוֹבִים סוּס אֶחָד לְהִתְעַמֵּל בּוֹ וְעֶבֶד לְשַׁמְּשׁוֹ. שׁוּב מַעֲשֶׂה בְּאַנְשֵׁי הַגָּלִיל שֶׁהָיוּ מַעֲלִין לְזָקֵן אֶחָד לִיטְרָא בָּשָׂר פִּי צִפּוֹרִין בְּכָל יוֹם. וְאֵיפְשָׁר כֵּן אֶלָּא דְלֹא הֲוָה אֲכַל עִם חוֹרָנִין.

Also, we have stated: It happened that Hillel took for a poor son of a prominent family a horse for his exercise and a slave to serve him. Also, it happened that the people of Galilee brought a Sepphoris pound of meat to an old man every day. Is this not impossible? It was because he did not eat except in company.

תַּנִּי מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בִּכְלֵי זָהָב נוֹתְנִין לוֹ כְלֵי כֶסֶף. כְּלֵי כֶסֶף נוֹתְנִין לוֹ כְלֵי נְחוֹשֶׁת כְּלֵי נְחוֹשֶׁת נוֹתְנִין לוֹ כְלֵי זְכוּכִית. אָמַר רִבִּי מָנָא כְּלֵי כֶסֶף וּכְלֵי זְכוּכִית בְּגוּפֵיהֶן. וְהָתַנִּי הָיָה מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בִּכְלֵי מִילַת נוֹתְנִין לוֹ כְלֵי מִילַת. כַּאן בְּגוּפוֹ וְכַאן בִּשְׁאֶינוֹ גוּפוֹ.

It was stated: “If he was used to golden vessels, one gives him silver vessels, silver vessels one gives him brass vessels, brass vessels one gives him glass vessels.” Rebbi Mana said, silver vessels and glass vessels of personal use. But was it not stated: If he was used to silk clothes, one gives him silk clothes. Here it is on his body, there it is not on his body.

חַד מִן אִילֵּין דִּנְשִׂייוּתָא אִיתְנְחָת מִן נִיכְסוֹי וַהֲווֹן זָכִין לֵיהּ בְּמָאן דִּחְסָף וְהוּא אֲכַל וּמוֹתִיב. אָמַר לֵיהּ אַסְיָא עִיקָּר תַּבְשִׁילָה לָא מִן גַּוְא לָפַּסָּא הוּא אֲכִיל מִן לָפַצָּא.

One from the family of the Patriarch lost his possessions; they provided for him in pottery vessels, he ate and threw up. The doctor told him, is not the main preparation of food in the cooking pan? Eat out of the pan!

עַד כְּדוֹן בְּבַעַל חוֹב שֶׁהוּא דוֹחֵק אֲפִילוּ בְּבַעַל חוֹב שֶׁאֵינוֹ דוֹחֵק. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הָדָא הָיוּ מְמוּשְׁכָּנִין לִכְתוּבַת אִשְתּוֹ אוֹ לְבַעַל חוֹבוֹ. וְדָא אִשָּׁה לֹא כְּבַעַל חוֹב שֶׁאֵינוֹ דוֹחֵק הוּא אֵין מְחַיְיבִין אוֹתוֹ לִמְכּוֹר.

So far a creditor who pushes for payment. Also for a creditor who does not push for payment? Let us hear from the following: “If they were mortgaged for his wife’s ketubah or for a creditor.” Is the wife not like a creditor who does not push for payment? “One does not require him to sell.”

אָמַר רִבִּי חֲנִינָא צָרִיךְ אָדָם שֶׁיְּהוּ לוֹ שְׁנֵי עֲטִיפִין אֶחָד לְחוֹל וְאֶחָד לְשַׁבָּת. מַה טַעְמָא וְרָחַצְתְּ וָסַכְתְּ וְשַׂמְתְּ שִׂמְלוֹתַיִךְ וְכִי עֲרוּמָּה הָיְתָה אֶלָּא אֵלּוּ בִגְדֵּי שַׁבָּתָהּ. כַּד דְּרָשָׁהּ רִבִּי שִׂמְלַאי בְּצִיבּוּרָא בָּכוּן חֲבֵרָיָיא לְקוֹבְלֵיהּ אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ רִבִּי כַּעֲטִיפָתֵינוּ בְּחוֹל כֵּן עֲטִיפָתֵינוּ בְּשַׁבָּת. אָמַר לוֹן אַף עַל פִּי כֵן צְרִיכִין אַתֶּם לְשַׁנּוֹת מִן הָדָא וְרָחַצְתְּ וְסַכְתְּ וְשַׂמְתְּ שִׂמְלוֹתַיִךְ עָלַיִךְ וְיָרַדְתְּ הַגּוֹרֶן. וְיָרַדְתִּי כְּתִיב אָמַר לָהּ זְכוּתִי תֵּרֵד עִמָּךְ. וְעַרְטִילָא הֲוָות אֶלָּא אָמְרָה לָהּ לְבוֹשׁ מָאנֵךְ דְּשׁוּבְתָּא.

Rebbi Ḥanina said: A person has to have two outer garments, one for weekdays and one for the Sabbath. What is the reason (Ruth 3:3): “Wash, rub yourself with oil, and put on your clothes.” Was she naked? But that refers to her Sabbath clothes. When Rebbi Simlai preached this in public, the companions cried and said to him, our teacher, as our garments are on weekdays so our garments are on the Sabbath. He said to them, nevertheless, you have to change, from this: “Wash, rub yourself with oil, and put your clothes on yourself and descend to the threshing floor.” (It is written “I will decend,” she said to her, my merits will go down with you. Was she naked? No, she said to her: put on your Sabbath garments.)